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In mid-November we attended our first Tables in Wonderland event – the first beer pairing dinner (Unibroue) at the Wave inside the Contemporary Resort. The lighting was atrocious for picture taking (and to some extent, it was pretty bad for even seeing what you were eating)… so apologies in advance for the photos. When we continue reading Tables in Wonderland – Unibroue Dinner at The Wave … A round-up of things from the web … From the D23 Official Disney Fan Website… Event Highlights From other blogs Chip & Company “D23 Presents: Epcot’s 30th Anniversary Celebration“ The Geek’s Blog “D23 Epcot 30th Anniversary Celebration Pictures” and “D23 Epcot 30th Anniversary Celebration – Some initial thoughts/observations” (some insightful comments on the D23 event) continue reading D23’s Epcot 30th Anniversary Celebration – September 30th, 2012 … On September 30th, we attended the D23 EPCOT 30th Anniversary Celebration. Nora really wanted to do this, and nick wanted to humor her (although he grumbled about having to go to a whole day of boring powerpoint presentations). The good news… it wasn’t an entire day of boring powerpoint presentations. The bad news… about continue reading Epcot’s 30th Anniversary – the D23 Event … This year, we decided to “rate” the items from the tasting booths. In summary… BOOTH ITEM RATING Australia Grilled Lamb Chop 9 South Africa Spinach & Paneer Pocket 8.5 Australia Wines 8 Japan Sake 7.5 China Mango Tapioca Pudding 7.5 South Korea Mung Bean Pancake with Shrimp 6.5 Singapore Seared Mahi Mahi 6 China Mongolian continue reading Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 – Wrap Up … Our tickets and seating… We attended our first Sweet Sundays with Lisa and Andy near the very end of the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. The guest chef was Warren Brown and we were eager to see if the food preparation was on par with the sheet cake from the day before continue reading Sweet Sundays – Warren Brown, CakeLove – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Warren Brown, CakeLove, Washington, DC November 10, 2012 Wine: Jarvis Merlot David Crane, Presenter Jarvis Merlot Talking about Merlot… the movie “Sideways”, while not at all favorable to California Merlot, had the positive effect of causing a lot of bad California Merlots to be “weeded out”… The Merlot grape was originally used continue reading Culinary Demonstration – Warren Brown, CakeLove – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Taking a tour early this morning – Yuletide Fantasy! The holidays start in earnest … We took this tour two years ago (here); we had some criticisms and we’ll focus on changes when we blog about this year’s Yuletide Fantasy tour. Selbach-Oster – Mosel, Germany Johannes Selbach, Owner and Winemaker Riesling grapes are great because you can make wines that range from super sweet to very dry, and they are balanced wines. The quality levels are on German labels (see here for lists of Selbach-Oster wines) – missed the first word; Kabinett – regular harvest, continue reading Beverage Seminar – Selbach-Oster Winery – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Ty Ku Sake & Spirits – Nara, Japan Michael Ponce, Presenter Ty Ku Silver Premium Junmai, Ty Ku Black Super Premium Junmai Ginjo, and Ty Ku coconut Nigori Premium Cloudy November 6, 2012 One of the best things about the Ty Ku presenter, he was very willing (in fact, he was encouraging) to answer continue reading Beverage Seminar – TyKu Sake – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh The Hearty Boys Catering, Chicago, Illinois October 26, 2012 Hearty Boys Cocktails, Chicago, Illinois Ward 8 Cocktail The Ward 8 Cocktail has been around for quite a while, since 1898. There are a lot of stories about it’s origin, basically, the cocktail was created to honor a politician from continue reading Culinary Demonstration – The Hearty Boys Catering – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … |
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